Miami Routs Oakland 21-7

Friday, March 1

Oxford, Ohio

3 p.m.

Miami University

Oakland University

Photo by: Ellison Neumann

3/1/2024 4:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio— The RedHawks defeated the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland University in dominant fashion on Friday by a score of 21-3 after putting up 10 runs in the first two innings. Third baseman Ryland Zaborowski hit two home runs during the contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Zach MacDonald led off the RedHawks' first inning rally with a bunt single.
Zaborowski followed up with a double down the left field line, sending MacDonald to third base.
David Novak grounded out to first, sending MacDonald home for the first score of the game.
Anthony Zarlingo added to the rally by hitting an RBI bunt single towards first base. He was originally called out, but replay overturned the call, ruling him safe at first.
Dillon Baker then doubled to left field, bringing Zarlingo home to score.
The RedHawks' next hit came on an RBI single by Ryan Novak.
Tre Keels walked, pushing Ryan Novak to second. Tyler Gordon followed up with a triple into the right field corner, sending Keels and Novak to home plate and capping off the RedHawks' six-run first inning.
Oakland put up one run in the top of the second to make the score 6-1.
During the second inning, Zaborowski started the offense with a single to left center. David Novak also singled to left center, sending Zaborowski to second and setting up Zarlingo to hit an RBI single.
Ryan Novak continued the scoring with a double to left center that brought in two more runners.
Keels added one more on an RBI double, but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit to a triple. This put Miami up 10-1 after two.
Miami's lone run in the third came on an RBI sac fly from Dylan Novak with the bases loaded that sent Batusich home and made the score 11-1 in favor of the RedHawks.
Tyler Gordon hit a sac fly that scored Baker in the fourth to push Miami's score to 12.
During the fifth, MacDonald was hit by a pitch and took first base. Zaborowski cleaned up with a monster two-run home run over the left field wall.
Zarlingo singled up the middle and came home on a triple placed into the right field corner by Ryan Novak, who made the game score 15-1.
Oakland scored one additional run during the sixth inning.
During the bottom of the sixth, a walk from Batusich and a MacDonald infield single set up Zaborowski to hit a three-run home run over the left field wall, marking his second homer of the day and his third on the season to put Miami ahead 18-1. Baker later hit a two-run RBI triple, bringing Miami's score to 20. He came home when Ryan Novak hit a single to left field.
Oakland put one up five runs during the final innings to cap off a 21-7 win for Miami.

MIAMI GAME NOTES

Zaborowski went 4-for-6 with five RBIs and four runs.
Ryan Novak went 4-for-6 with five RBIs and two runs.
MacDonald went three-for-four with three runs.
Dylan Novak went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs.
Zarlingo went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and four runs.
Gordon went two-for-two with three RBIs.
Baker went 2-for-6 with three RBIs and three runs.

UP NEXT:
The RedHawks will look to clinch the series win against Oakland tomorrow during game two of the series. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. ET.